Single: A few catch up matters. Saturday I did drive the course with Sandra.
She wanted to see the full thing and find out places to “watch” and I wanted to
see the second half. I’m glad we went for the drive the second half is very
different from the first. Much flatter as I knew but also a good number of
turns. Finally as people have warned the stretch on Van Winkle is a little mind
numbing. Even driving it I thought it would never end… Overall, I’m glad we
drove it and I may want to at least drive the second half one more time before
race day.
Today was much like yesterday but my head was on straighter. Another 7-hrs
sleep, in work at 7am, and then a very full day of experiments. I initially had
planned two runs today but since I didn’t get my first break until about 3pm I
decided to just do one run. I also decided that with the lower mileage now on
my calendar and the lead in my head I needed some speed work. So I went to
Memory Grove and up City Creek. I did 1mi warmup, 3 at "MP" Avg. 5:55 exactly, 3 easier, 3 at "MP" Avg. 5:39 down City Creek though,
and then 4 easier. The effort was much harder than I would have liked for the
mostly aided MP stretches but it was still great to get moving and feel like I
could run. The weather was just fantastic! First shirtless day of the year! I
love it when I get to break out the sunblock and have that scent in my nose the
whole run. On another side note, I noticed that on the Garmin training center
you can select running and it gives you a summary of ALL miles logged. So since
the end of Nov when I got the Garmin I’ve run with it for 1148 mi at an avg.
pace of 7:38 and HR 145. Mi 14-T1 Avg. 6:58 HR 160
Asics DS-Trainer #1: 104 / / Asics DS-Trainer #2: 101 /
/ Saucony Rides #1: 91 / / Saucony Rides #2: 93
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